Lowell mill girls

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The Lowell mill girls were young women, mostly from New England farms, who worked in the early 19th-century textile factories in Lowell, Massachusetts and became notable for their labor activism and role in the early American industrial workforce.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical group ⓘ
industrial labor force ⓘ
textile workers ⓘ
women workers ⓘ
advocatedFor 10-hour workday ⓘ
better working conditions ⓘ
higher wages ⓘ
associatedPlace Merrimack River ⓘ
associatedWith Lowell system of factory labor ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalActivity attending lectures ⓘ
self-education ⓘ
writing for factory newspapers ⓘ
declineCause replacement by immigrant labor ⓘ
wage cuts and worsening conditions ⓘ
demographics primarily white New Englanders in early period ⓘ
employer Lowell textile mills ⓘ
employerIndustry textile industry ⓘ
historicalContext American Industrial Revolution ⓘ
housing company boardinghouses ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location Lowell, Massachusetts ⓘ
movement early American labor movement ⓘ
women’s labor movement ⓘ
notableFor early American industrial workforce participation ⓘ
early labor organizing by women ⓘ
labor activism ⓘ
occupation factory worker ⓘ
mill worker ⓘ
organizedIn Lowell Female Labor Reform Association ⓘ
participantIn Lowell Female Labor Reform Association ⓘ
campaigns for shorter workday ⓘ
early factory strikes in Lowell ⓘ
publishedIn The Lowell Offering ⓘ
roleInHistory early example of women’s wage labor in the U.S. ⓘ
precursors to later women’s labor organizing ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
socialBackground New England farm families ⓘ
supervision matron-supervised boardinghouses ⓘ
timeOfPeakActivity 1830s–1840s ⓘ
typicalAge young women ⓘ
workingConditions crowded mills ⓘ
noisy machinery ⓘ
textile dust exposure ⓘ
workingHours long workdays ⓘ
workPeriod 1830s ⓘ
1840s ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ

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Lowell textile mills → laborForce → Lowell mill girls ⓘ
Lowell Female Labor Reform Association → partOf → Lowell mill girls movement ⓘ
linked to: Lowell mill girls
The Lowell Offering → hasContributor → Lowell mill girls ⓘ
Harriet Farley → movement → Lowell mill girls literary movement ⓘ
linked to: Lowell mill girls
Harriet Farley → partOf → Lowell mill girls community ⓘ
linked to: Lowell mill girls